Utility of digital rectal examination in a population with prostate cancer treated with active surveillance.

CONCLUSIONS: We believe DRE should still be used as part of AS and can predict the presence of csPC even with low PSA values. A suspicious nodule on DRE represents a higher risk of upgrading and should prompt further assessment.
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Source: Canadian Urological Association Journal - March 29, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Herrera-Caceres JO, Wettstein MS, Goldberg H, Toi A, Chandrasekar T, Woon DTS, Ahmad AE, Sanmamed-Salgado N, Alhunaidi O, Ajib K, Nason G, Tan GH, Fleshner N, Klotz L Tags: Can Urol Assoc J Source Type: research